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Subject:Re: 10 pt vs 12 pt From:coliver -at- lexmark -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:33:32 -0500
Quoth John Posada:
>With that said, how does anyone feel about going to 10pt for the body
>text vs 12 point.
>
>I prefer 12 pt for readability (hey...I'm 51 tomorrow and the
>eyeballs ain't what they used to be) and he prefers 10 pt for it's
>layout aesthetics.
>
>Does anyone have any issue on reading one or the other? Does anyone
>know of any studies that address one over the other?
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